Review of Prince of the City (1981) by Stephen C — 23 Sep 2010
Simply Outsanding Police corruption thriller from the master of the genre Sidney Lumet.
Treat Williams is fantastic as a cop who turns on his colleagues and is torn between his old world and his quest for the truth.
The film is 167 mins long and it never lets up for one minute.
Lumet is at the peak of his powers here and his cast are all outstanding in a film that demands to be seen.
I feel this film is better than Serpico in very way as Lumet really has a feel for the world he places his lead star in .
The biggest mystery of all is why Treat Williams never became a huge star of the back of this movie.
He holds the film in the palm of his hand and delivers a performance that matches De Niro or Pacino in their prime.
A film of power and bite and vastly underated to boot.
This review of Prince of the City (1981) was written by Stephen C on 23 Sep 2010.
Prince of the City has generally received very positive reviews.
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